A. Principal Uses. The following uses shall be permitted within the SP-1 town center east specific plan area. Unlisted uses shall be prohibited.
1. Retail Sales Uses:
Apparel;
Art galleries and art supplies;
Baked goods provided that all products manufactured on premises shall be sold only on premises;
Books and stationery;
Card and gift shop;
Confectionery;
Cosmetics;
Craft and hobby supplies;
Dairy products;
Delicatessen and meat market (no processing);
Department store;
Discount store;
Drugstore;
Household appliances, including electronic equipment and computers, sales and service;
Floor covering sales;
Flowers and plants;
Fruits and vegetables;
Furniture;
Groceries (alcohol sales require conditional use permit and special business permit);
Hardware;
Home improvement center;
Ice cream parlor;
Jewelry;
Large box retail;
Lawn and garden supplies;
Luggage;
Music store (records, tapes, discs);
Newspapers and magazines;
Office supplies;
Paint and wallpaper materials, and supplies;
Pet shop;
Photographic supplies and studio;
Plant nurseries (screened, retail sales only);
Spa sales;
Sporting goods; and
Toy store.
2. Eating Establishments.
Restaurants without sales of alcohol, including those with outdoor dining, but excluding drive-thru restaurants and places providing dancing and/or live entertainment.
3. Services.
Animal Grooming. (Accessory to pet shop only. All animals must be kept in an enclosed building. Animals are not permitted to remain on premises overnight);
Apparel cleaning and drying, retail only (including dry cleaning of clothes in enclosed machines using nonflammable cleaning compounds, sponging and pressing);
Banks, credit unions and savings and loan facilities;
Barber, beauty, and manicure shops;
Business support service center (shipping, printing, copying, mailbox rental, and supplies);
Professional offices;
Shoe repair;
Travel agency; and
Veterinary Clinic. (Accessory to pet shop only. All animals must be kept in an enclosed building. Animals are not permitted to remain on premises overnight).
4. Reverse vending machines, subject to regulations contained in Chapter 20.56, Recycling Facilities.
5. Pay phones and vending machines, subject to the following criteria:
a. Pay phones and vending machines must be located behind the required front and side setbacks located adjacent to streets.
b. Pay phones and vending machines shall not encroach, nor project into driveways, required off-street parking stalls or pedestrian pathways.
c. Prior to the installation of a pay phone or vending machine, the applicant shall: (i) obtain approval of a site plan pursuant to Chapter 20.52; (ii) obtain a building permit (when applicable); and (iii) pay fees as established by the city council by resolution and may be adjusted from time to time.
d. Failure to obtain a permit shall cause a double fee to be imposed pursuant to Uniform Building Code Section 15.02.060 as established by resolution and may be adjusted from time to time.
e. Pay phones and vending machines shall comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act, and have adequate lighting to create a safe environment and not create glare onto adjacent properties.
f. Pay phones and vending machines shall not have overhead wiring or exposed conduit.
g. Prior to installation, pay phones and vending machines shall require approval by the planning department to assure that the location does not interfere with public access, is in a safe and secure location, provides convenient access, will not create an excessive number of such machines, and will not create any conditions of public nuisance.
h. Pay phones and vending machines and all areas surrounding said machines shall be kept in a clean and orderly manner by the owner or tenant of the property upon which the phone or machine is located.
B. Temporary Uses. The following temporary uses may be permitted subject to review and approval of the planning director upon filing of a temporary use permit application, plot plan, and payment of fees as may be determined by resolution of the city council at least thirty days prior to the event:
1. Circuses, carnivals, fairs;
2. Outdoor sale of Christmas trees, pumpkins, or other season-specific goods when in conjunction with an established business; and
3. Temporary outdoor exhibits and/or sales of equipment, goods or services, when in conjunction with and operated by the established business on that site, and provided there shall be no more than four such displays or sales in a calendar year and that no one display or sale be conducted for a period of more than four consecutive days and such display or sale will not occupy or obstruct any parking space, drive aisle or pedestrian walkway.
C. Uses Permitted Subject to a Conditional Use Permit. The following special uses may be permitted subject to approval of a conditional use permit, in accordance with Chapter 20.64 of the Signal Hill Municipal Code, provided that in addition to the findings required in Chapter 20.64, any conditional use permit shall be found to be consistent with the goals and objectives of the SP-1 town center east specific plan:
1. Government building;
2. Gymnasium or health club;
3. Motion picture or live theater, excluding outdoor drive-in movie theater;
4. Packaged alcohol products (sale of), including liquor, beer and wine. No such establishment shall be located within one thousand feet of another similarly permitted establishment or within one thousand feet of a school, playground, public park, or area zoned for residential use. A special business permit shall be required;
5. Restaurants serving wine, beer or liquor, bars, and cocktail lounges with or without dancing and entertainment facilities. A special business permit shall be required;
6. Oil well and appurtenant facilities subject to the provisions of Title 16 and Chapter 20.74 of the Signal Hill Municipal Code; and
7. Public dancehall or any establishment which is open to the public where dancing by patrons is permitted. A special business permit shall be required.
8. Gasoline service stations.
D. Limitations on Uses.
1. All uses shall be conducted within a completely enclosed building excepting temporary uses as permitted above, retail sales of lawn and garden supplies, and restaurants which include outdoor dining;
2. No on-site overnight parking of vehicles shall be permitted except for those vehicles used in conjunction with a permitted use; and
3. Storage shall be permitted only within an entirely enclosed building and shall be limited to accessory storage of commodities sold or utilized in the conduct of a permitted use on the premises.
E. Prohibited Uses.
Adult entertainment businesses;
Arcade;
Auction yard;
Auto parts (sale of);
Auto repair and service;
Automobile body repair or paint shop;
Automobile wrecking yard;
Check cashing;
Commercial marijuana activity;
Containerized storage units;
Convenience food store with or without gasoline sales;
Ice, drink and food products dispensing machines in exterior locations;
Junkyard;
Medical offices and clinics;
Pawnshop;
Plants for the manufacturing, refining, and/or processing of the following: cement, ready-mix concrete, crushed rock, fertilizer, lime, petroleum oil, gasoline;
Plasma donor center--A facility for the commercial collection of plasma products from human donors including offices, waiting areas, plasma donor areas, laboratories, and plasma processing and storage areas;
Pool hall or billiard room;
Public laundry;
Roller or ice skating rink;
Shooting gallery;
Slaughterhouse;
Steam baths, electric light baths, electric tub baths, shower baths, sponge baths, sun baths, mineral baths; Russian, Swedish, or Turkish baths; salt glows; fomentations; massages; electric or magnetic treatments; or alcohol rubs; except where given by a person licensed by the state to practice a healing art or profession, or his employee, and the giving thereof is incidental to the good faith practice of such healing art or profession;
Tannery;
Taxi service;
Theater, drive-in;
Towing company, including dispatching offices;
Trailer camp or park;
Used car lot;
Used parts store; and
Vendor food sales.
(Ord. 2019-12-1511 §§ 1, 2: Ord. 2017-11-1497 § 8; Ord. 2016-01-1484 § 6: Ord. 2013-09-1461 § 1: Ord. 2011-04-1424 § 6: Ord. 98-12-1243 § 3 (part): Ord. 94-06-1182 § 2: Ord. 94-01-1175 § 1: Ord. 93-03-1152 § 8 (part): Ord. 91-07-1105)